DOUBLE WATCH WINDER. WATCH WINDER

Double Watch Winder

An automatic or self-winding watch is a mechanical watch, whose mainspring is wound automatically by the natural motion of the wearer's arm, providing energy to run the watch, to make it unnecessary to manually wind the watch. Most mechanical watches sold today are self-winding.

A device used to allow the continuous running of automatic (self-winding) wrist watches when not in use. In general, automatic watches employ the use of a rotor, or a moving weight to wind itself when worn on the wrist.

a base hit on which the batter stops safely at second base; "he hit a double to deep centerfield"

Having twice the usual size, quantity, or strength

Designed to be used by two people

having more than one decidedly dissimilar aspects or qualities; "a double (or dual) role for an actor"; "the office of a clergyman is twofold; public preaching and private influence"- R.W.Emerson; "every episode has its doubleand treble meaning"-Frederick Harrison

You know that break I was thinking about taking a week or so ago? I think it's high time I use it. I'm just been so uninspired and feeling completely guilty for it. I have faith my creativity will return, but till then I have to put up with this.

I tried taking 4th of July pictures yesterday but only managed to confirm the notion that I am incapable of pulling off the all-American girl look. US flags + vintage Corvettes = my weak link. I love being American and all the apple pie stars and stripes, but for the longest time I wondered where I considered myself to be from. Because of my parents I have a strong connection to Italy and visit my family there at least once a year, but I have a feeling that even the country of my heritage doesn't consider me Italian despite my pure blood. Eventually I figured out that I'm proud to be Italian-American: I get the best of both worlds. So yesterday I celebrated by making fusilli al tonno e pomodoro with my mother and watched the fireworks from a road high above the town. T'was very nice indeed. =)

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Finally got a Baldax rangefinder! Another Christmas gift from Santa.... top view showing from left - film advance winder (see below), with, right next to it, the camera front opening button; flash shoe; shutter release button and below that the ready to shoot indicator; finally, far right, the rangefinder control.

The Balda comes with a double-exposure preventer and indexed film advance system. After shooting, the film advance dial is first wound backwards, to reset the double exposure reventer, and then wound forwards to advance the film.

Since there is a variation in film characterisitics these days, which interferes with the distance advanced by the winder versus correct frame number, you can also advance the film by winding the advance back and forth in a wrist-watch winding style, whilst watching for he next film number to apear in the red window . Perhaps a safer method!